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You can prompt a machine to write love…

But what happens when love writes its own script?

In this short story...

Leo has spent weeks trying to script the perfect romance with the help of an AI. Every prompt delivers beauty, but none of it feels alive. Then, in a cramped coffee shop, one accidental glance collides with a stranger’s sketchbook—and everything he thought he knew about love begins to unravel. Unprompted is a story about chasing the impossible, and finding something far more real.

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Maya Thompson has it all—or so it seems. A successful marketing career at one of Atlanta's top firms, a beautiful Buckhead home, a devoted architect husband, and an adorable baby daughter. She's checking every box on the list of what it means to be a successful Black woman in America. But six months postpartum and forty pounds heavier, Maya feels invisible in her own life, trapped behind roles that no longer fit who she's becoming.

When gastric sleeve surgery transforms her body, Maya finally gets the attention she's craved—but not from the man who matters most. Enter Jordan Williams, the charismatic new creative director whose dangerous charm awakens desires Maya never knew she had. Suddenly, the woman who once felt overlooked is playing a deadly game of want versus need, risking everything she's built for the intoxicating thrill of being truly seen.

But when the fantasy crumbles and the lies unravel, Maya must face the devastating consequences of her choices. With her marriage in ruins and her daughter's future hanging in the balance, she's forced to confront the hardest question of all: Who is Maya Thompson when all the roles are stripped away?

The Weight of Everything is a raw, unflinching exploration of identity, desire, and redemption that will resonate with any woman who has ever felt lost in her own life. It's a story about the courage it takes to face your truth, the price of transformation, and the long road back to the person you were always meant to be.

Perfect for readers who loved Waiting to Exhale, The Other Woman, and Such a Fun Age—this is the book club selection that will have sisters talking long into the night about marriage, motherhood, and the complex journey of finding yourself again.

Because sometimes losing everything is the only way to find out who you really are.

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Eve Matthews has spent her entire life being the perfect Christian daughter—giving the right answers, making the right choices, and keeping everyone happy. As a successful mediator, she's built a career on finding common ground for others, but she's never been able to apply that wisdom to her own fractured life.

Three years after her divorce shattered her carefully constructed world, Eve is still searching for something she can't name. When a mysterious LinkedIn message from attorney Serena Alvarez promises to be \"enlightening,\" Eve finds herself drawn into a connection that awakens feelings she's spent decades suppressing.

Caught between her genuine faith and her authentic self, Eve must navigate the treacherous waters of family expectations, toxic friendships, and her own deeply held beliefs. With the help of a traditional Christian counselor who offers no easy answers, Eve begins a painful journey toward honesty—with herself, with God, and with the people she loves.

But living authentically comes at a cost. As Eve's carefully maintained facade crumbles, she must decide what she's willing to sacrifice for the chance to finally be real. Can she find a way to honor both her faith and her truth? Or will the price of authenticity be higher than she's prepared to pay?

Ask Eve is a powerful exploration of faith, identity, and the courage it takes to live honestly in a world that demands conformity. Perfect for readers who loved The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Waiting to Exhale, this is a story about finding peace not in having all the answers, but in learning to trust God with the questions.

A story of faith, friendship, and finding the courage to be real.

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A man wakes in a sterile hotel room, his past scrubbed clean, his identity fractured. On his wrist: a barcode. In his hand: a letter written in his own handwriting, warning him not to investigate the echoes of a life he’s forbidden to remember. His name is Silas—or maybe it isn’t. Each assignment erases more of who he was. Each pill he swallows keeps him obedient. But when fragments of love, loss, and betrayal begin to surface, Silas discovers a truth more dangerous than any target he’s ever been sent to kill. Someone wants his memory buried. Someone else wants it restored. And every hour he hesitates, he edges closer to becoming his own executioner.

The Lethean by J.L. Stroud, Jr. is a psychological thriller laced with rain-slicked streets, haunting echoes of the past, and a protagonist who may be both assassin and victim, hunter and hunted. For readers who love the paranoia of Robert Ludlum, the atmosphere of Philip K. Dick, and the relentless pacing of Lee Child—this is a mystery that asks one impossible question: If you can’t trust your own mind… who can you trust?

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